Garbage bag retention ring

Abstract

An apparatus for retaining the opening of a garbage bag is provided. A garbage bag retention ring can include a flexible and invertible base ring and a flexible and invertible retention ring fixed to the base ring. The base ring and the retention ring can each have about the same diameter. The base ring and the retention ring invert to expose an interior surface of the retention ring as an exterior surface. The garbage bag retention ring can further include at least one aperture formed between a junction of the base ring and the retention ring that is adapted to receive an edge of a circumferential portion of a garbage bag.

We claim: 
     
       1. A garbage bag retention ring, comprising:
 a flexible and invertible base ring and a flexible and invertible retention ring fixed to the base ring, the base ring and the retention ring each having about the same diameter, the flexible base ring and the flexible retention ring being manually inverted to expose an interior surface of the retention ring as an exterior surface, the base ring and the retention ring each being circular; and, 
 at least one aperture formed between a junction of the circular base ring and the circular retention ring that is adapted to receive an edge of a circumferential portion of a garbage bag. 
 
     
     
       2. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible and invertible base ring and the flexible and invertible retention ring are each made of plastic. 
     
     
       3. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible and invertible base ring and the flexible and invertible retention ring are each made of rubber. 
     
     
       4. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 1 , wherein the diameters of the base ring and the retention ring are each at least about twenty inches and no more than about thirty inches. 
     
     
       5. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 1 , wherein there are two apertures. 
     
     
       6. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 1 , wherein the diameters of the base ring and the retention ring are each about twenty inches. 
     
     
       7. A garbage bag retention ring, comprising:
 a flexible and invertible retention ring, the flexible retention ring inverting to expose an interior surface of the retention ring as an exterior surface; and, 
 at least one aperture formed on a surface of the flexible and invertible retention ring that is adapted to receive an edge of a circumferential portion of a garbage bag. 
 
     
     
       8. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 7 , wherein the flexible and invertible retention ring is made of plastic. 
     
     
       9. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 7 , wherein the flexible and invertible retention ring is made of rubber. 
     
     
       10. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 7 , wherein the diameter of the retention ring is at least about twenty inches and no more than about thirty inches. 
     
     
       11. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 7 , wherein there are two apertures. 
     
     
       12. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 7 , wherein the diameter of the retention ring is about twenty inches. 
     
     
       13. A garbage bag retention ring, comprising:
 a flexible and invertible base ring and a flexible and invertible retention ring fixed to the base ring, the base ring and the retention ring each having about the same diameter, the flexible base ring and the flexible retention ring inverting to expose an interior surface of the retention ring as an exterior surface; and, 
 at least one aperture formed on at least one surface of the flexible and invertible retention ring or the flexible and invertible base ring that is adapted to receive an edge of a circumferential portion of a garbage bag. 
 
     
     
       14. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 13 , wherein the flexible and invertible base ring and the flexible and invertible retention ring are each made of plastic. 
     
     
       15. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 13 , wherein the flexible and invertible base ring and the flexible and invertible retention ring are each made of rubber. 
     
     
       16. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 13 , wherein the diameters of the base ring and the retention ring are each at least about twenty inches and no more than about thirty inches. 
     
     
       17. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 13 , wherein there are two apertures. 
     
     
       18. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one aperture is a slit. 
     
     
       19. The garbage bag retention ring system of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one aperture is located at a tangent to an outer surface of the retention ring. 
     
     
       20. The garbage bag retention ring of  claim 13 , wherein the diameters of the base ring and the retention ring are each about twenty inches.